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[Juan Carlos Sueiro C.]

Pamela Rubinoff de la U de Rhodes Island ha facilitado este enlace.
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 Juan Carlos Sueiro
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    We are pleased to announce the availability of a  New Guide on
Coastal Climate Change Adaptation.  

	Please share with your colleagues and listserves. 
	Adapting to Coastal Climate Change: A Guidebook for Development
Planners provides a detailed treatment of climate concerns and
adaptation options in coastal areas. The new Guidebook will assist
practitioners and development partners to understand the diversity of
climate change impacts expected to affect coastal zones in the
developing world, and the options that exist for coastal planners and
manager to assist coastal communities worldwide to begin to adapt to
these impacts. The document is both a tool itself and a link to other
resources valuable for assessing vulnerability, developing and
implementing adaptation , and integrating options into programs,
plans, and projects. The Guidebook is now available at: 

	http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/water/news_announcements/coastal_climate_change_report.html

	The Guidebook was a collaborative effort of the US Agency for
International Development (USAID), University of Rhode Island’s
Coastal Resources Center, and International Resources Group, together
with input from practitioners from multiple institutions, including
the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The document
received considerable input and review by an expert Advisory
Committee, and benefitted from feedback received at several training
events sponsored by USAID over the past 18 months. 
	The coastal Guidebook is divided into three sections.  The Summary
for Policy Makers, provides an overview of the critical issues and
introduces the process to incorporate adaptation within coastal
programs.  The Chapters provide practical insight, tools, and
references to plan and implement coastal adaptation.  Chapters 1
through 3 highlight vulnerability assessment and action planning,
while Chapters 4 through 6 focus on how adaptation can be
mainstreamed, implemented and evaluated.  The Annex of Adaptation
Measures includes 17 practitioner briefs which outline approaches for
adaptation through management actions and strategies.  Many of these
will be familiar to coastal management professionals—the climate
lens is new, but in most cases the tools are not. A climate change
lens means planning with a longer time scale and a wider range of
possible variability in mind.  

	The team is currently applying the tools and methods in a pilot
activity in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and delivering
training in a variety of venues in collaboration with NOAA and other
host country nationals. These initiatives provide hands-on training
for those involved in undertaking vulnerability analyses, and the
design and implementation of adaptation measures around a suite of
coastal resource management goals, including: 

     	*functioning and healthy coastal ecosystems      	*less exposed
built environments      	*diversified livelihoods      	*human health
and safety      	*overarching planning and governance 
	For additional information please contact USAID’s Richard Volk
(Water team) or John Furlow (Climate Program) at
climatechange en USAID.gov or Pam Rubinoff, URI Coastal Resources Center,
at climatechange en crc.uri.edu.   
	For updates on the application of the Guidebook, please visit the
URI CRC web page.  http://www.crc.uri.edu/index.php?projectid=106  
Pam Rubinoff
 Coastal Resources Center
 University of Rhode Island
 climatechange en crc.uri.edu
 www.crc.uri.edu   
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